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Hi All We have lived in our house for around 18 months now. When we first moved in we noticed a small damp patch under the carpet to the lounge. Noticed this due to the Sky cable coming through the wall. Anyway we left this and have had no issues. Recently there has been a strong smell to the...

Hi All Had a bit of disagreement with a roofer today. Basically he had been asked to pull the loft insulation away from the eaves as they were blocking the eaves vents and causing a condensation issue in the loft space. The loft insulation was topped up to around 300mm about 12 months ago and...

Hi all, We recently demolished an outhouse building which was used as a bin store/storage area. Was originally classed as a garage under development of site. Size of building was approx 4m x 5m, had a pitched roof and was single skim brickwork. We had planned on rebuilding but the new...

Hi All, Have an issue with damp on a chimney breast wall. Property is a ground floor flat in a converted Victorian 2 storey property. Walls are 9 inch solid walls. Chimney breast is on the gable wall. I have removed the air vent and can see that the chimney had a void area behind the breast...

Hello, After some advice regarding a faulty MVHR unit. Unit was not working correctly so was switched off, this has caused problems with mould growth both inside the unit and in the ducting. We have been told that the unit requires a full replacement including replacing all the mouldy...

Hi all, Quick question, visited a friend today who said that his house was a timber frame building. Was carrying out some work in the loft space when I noticed both the gable wall and dividing wall were made up of blockwork. Surely if this was timber frame you would see exposed beams and...

Hello, Quick question regarding location of system boiler tank. This is currently located in a cupboard in the box bedroom, is there any regulations to say this cant be located here? Room is very hot all year round, there is really no where else to locate the boiler tank. Only other option i...

Hello, quick question do current building regs allow coving to be installed in properties? I have read that exposed Polystrene is not allowed but as far as I was aware this was for suspended and Polystrene ceiling tiles.

Hello, I have a problem with an old back boiler, the problem is when we turn the hot water on the heating comes on as well even when the heating is set to off. At first we had a problem with the timer not working properly. Because of the age of the boiler I bought a similar timer off eBay...

Hi, I'm having new flooring put into one of my rooms at home but can't decide wether to have laminate or carpet but I'm struggling to calculate the floor area. The room is a triangular room as I live in a block of flats and this is a corner plot. The dimensions of the three walls are...

Hello not sure if this is the correct section so I'm sorry if its not. We have solar panels on the property and also the passive heating system where heat is taken out of the property to heat the property. Over the past couple of weeks where the extractor is in the rear bedroom we have been...